yawp
- v make a raucous noise
 - v complain whiningly
 
- With his barbaric yawp of a book.
 - Roth's barbaric yawp of a book was a literary instance of shock and awe, a dirty comic masterpiece that can stand with Tristram Shandy.
 - Unlike cards or a roulette wheel, well-thrown dice reward most everyone on the rail, yielding a collective yawp that drowns out the slots.